A Spaghetti western with piano's not guns

Rating: 9/10 (2 January 2007)

The movie is a fun, riveting story that picks you up and takes you on a journey. The destination in this case is as important as the journey.
Tim Roth et Al, give solid performances. The music is absolutely great, Ennio Marconni does a superb job as usual.
The plot is certainly not one of the 'usual six' that one sees repeated. Boy meets Girl, boy plays the piano is as close as it gets.
I could go on to describe how good this movie is but, the aspect i will choose to comment about is why this movie didn't do better. I don't understand it. I can only assume that there Hollywood politics involved. The movie isn't of the 'Best picture Oscar' calibre, but it certainly isn't worthy of being ignored and forgotten. My suspicion is the movie was accepted well due to the fact it was a foreign production (Italian) and Hollywood has a hard time accepting their own movies let alone a foreign production.
Well worth the price of a DVD, let alone a rental fee. I did have a hard time locating it in the stores. Don't give up !